Aging men, masculinities and modern medicine / / edited by Antje Kampf, Barbara L. Marshall and Alan Petersen

• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 613/.04234
• Soggetto topico: Older men - Health and hygiene; Aging; Masculinity
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KampfAntje MarshallBarbara L PetersenAlan R., Ph. D.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Aging men, masculinities and modern medicine: An introduction; PART I Rethinking concepts: historical perspectives; 1 Aging, embodiment and the negotiation of the Third and Fourth Ages; 2 Testosterone and the pharmaceuticalization of male aging; 3 'There is a person here': Rethinking age(ing), gender and prostate cancer; PART II Scientific and health discourses on aging men; 4 Aging men: Resisting and endorsing medicalization ; 5 The vicissitudes of 'healthy aging': The experiences of older migrant men in a rural Australian community6 What a difference a gay makes: The constitution of the 'older gay man'; PART III Aging, sexualities and identities; 7 Decreasing erectile function and age-appropriate masculinities in Mexico; 8 Enhancing masculinity and sexuality in later life through modern medicine: Experiences of polygynous Yoruba men in southwest Nigeria; 9 'I haven't died yet': Navigating masculinity, aging and andropause in Turkey; PART IV Care work; 10 Older men: The health and caring paradox ; 11 Aging men, masculinity and Alzheimer's: Caretaking and caregiving in the new millenniumIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine explores the multiple socio-historical contexts surrounding men's aging bodies in modern medicine from a global perspective. The first of its kind, it investigates the interrelated aspects of aging, masculinities and biomedicine, allowing for a timely reconsideration of the conceptualisation of aging men within the recent explosion of social science studies on men's health and biotechnologies including anti-aging perspectives. This book discusses both healthy and diseased states of aging men in medical practices, bringing together
• Titolo autorizzato: Aging men, masculinities and modern medicine
• ISBN: 0-203-08137-4; 1-136-17334-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462952703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in the sociology of health and illness ; ; 3.